Wagon tongue or pole.



PATENTED DEC. 31,

S. G. GAY.

WAGON TONGUE 0R PULE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.11,1907.

siMnoN e. GAY, or OTTAWA, I LLrNorsj j WAGON TONGUE on POLE.

" nlication filed January 11, 1907. Serial No. 351,822.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMEON G. GAY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of i exact description.

where the double-tree is pivote Ottawa, in the county of Lasalle and State of 1 Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagon Tongues or Poles, i of which the following is a full, clear, and I My invention relates to tongues or poles for vehicles, and its object is principally to dispense with the use of wood in the construction of the same, or to permit the use of an inferior or altogether different kind of wood than that which it is now customary to make them, and at the same time produce a more durable, stronger and more economically made pole or tongue than is now possible. This I accomplish by the means hereinafter fully described and as particularly pointed I out in the claims.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a plan View of my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on dotted line 2-2, Fig. 1, and drawn to a larger scale. Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on dotted line 33, Fig. 1, and drawn to a larger scale. Fig. 4: is a transverse vertical section taken on dottedline 4-4, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a transverse section taken on dotted line 5-5, Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal central section of the joint of the forward sweep of the pole or tongue and the tree forming the rearward extension thereof taken on dotted 1 line 6-6, Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a section similar to that shown in Fig. 3, showing a modified form of my invention. Fig. 8 is a side view of the rear portion of my improved pole.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a pole or tongue for a vehicle, which is, preferably, made of pressed sheet steel into a tubular form, substantially as shown in Fig. 3 of the' drawings, with the longitudinal edges brought near each other beneath the pole, and, if desired, united by soldering or otherwise. This pole is shown'as being tapered l from its forward end to the oint as near (i thereto, and it has a malleable. iron tip a fitted over its 1 forward end, and its rear end, which is shown 1 as terminating just in front of the pivot of i the double-tree, is fitted over the forward reduced end of the longitudinal extension B and is secured thereto by bolts 0, c. The extension B has its rear portion curved I downwards, and its rear extremity is provided with a circle-bar C the branches of which are, preferably, curved slightly to the Specification of Letters Patent.

F substantially rear and downwardly, and have their-extreniities provided withsleeves =or knuckles 2 OFFICE.

that secures said pole to the forwardrend of the eXtension.'B,*are braces D, D, that ex-v tend in practically a straightline frornothe rear end of the tongue obliquely-in oppositev directions, and pass through the knuckles d, and at a suitable distance to the rear thereof have their extremities turned in a plane parallel to the axis of the tongue, and formed into the pole-eye E. The braces D are, preferably, made of round steel rods, and are secured within the knuckles d, by riveting or otherwise; the tree composed of the circle bar C, and extension B, is made, preferably, of malleable iron, and are of an inverted channel-shape form. As thus constructed a very strong, durable and light-weight tongue is made, which Wlll avoid 'the objections existing in wooden tongues, inasmuch as it is not affected by moisture, and will not break or produce slivers, as the wooden tongues now in common use will do under certam conditions.

If desired, the tongue and the tree ma be made to envelop and inclose a wooden filler as shown in Fig. 7. In this event the thic mess of the metal employed in constructing the pole and the tree may be reduced, so as to compensate, for the increased weight, and the wood may be of any inferior grade which it would not be desirable to use, if the. parts were made of wood alone.

What I claim as new is r 1. A pole or tongue for. vehicles comprising a tubular pressed metal portioninfront of the doubletree pivot, braces secured to and extending diagonally from the sides of the rear end thereof, and a extension for said tongue aving a circle-bar through the ends of the branches of which said braces pass and are secured.

2. A pole or tongue for vehicles comprising a tubular. pressed metal portion in front of the double-tree pivot, braces secured to. and extending diagonally from the sides of the rear end thereof, and a pressed metal rear extension for said tongue having a circle-bar through the ends of the branches of which said braces pass and are secured and which are of an inverted channel-shape in crosssection.

nor heat orcold,

rcssed metal rear 3. A pole or tongue for vehicles compris ing a pressed metal portion in front of the double-tree pivot, a separate pressed metal extension to the forward end of which said tongue is secured and having a circle-bar, and metallic" braces secured to and projectin diagonally from the sides of the rear en thereof, said extension and the branches thereof being of an inverted channel-shape in cross section and the latter terminating in knuckles through which said braces extend.

1. A pole or tongue for vehicles comprising'a tu ular pressed metal ortion in front of the double-tree pivot, a mal cable metal extension which is of an inverted channehshape in cross section, has the rear end of said tubular portion fitted over and secured to its'formy handand seal this 21s day of December,

SIMEON G. GAY. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

' ,G. BARNARD,

K. J. Scrum). 

